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Wednesday, March 24, 2010

Because Wendy Has Nothing Else To Talk About

The act of blogging is a marathon, not a sprint. It's all about finding a rhythm, especially during those periods where your mojo is waning. Yep, I've hit a bit of a wall when it comes to "inspiration." And because I can't stand the thought of this blog being dormant for more than a few days, y'all are getting one of my patented filler posts. Enjoy! Ha!

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PaperbackSwap has got to be the deadliest frackin' web site ever invented. I get in more trouble over there when it comes to scrounging up out-of-print books. KristieJ damn near killed me during the Great Western Drive, and now I have Leslie and Lori to blame for their recent reviews of the old Karen Ranney historical, Tapestry. I have heard of this book before, but I must have tuned out the fact that it was a Beauty And The Beast-style plot, or else it would have landed in my TBR years ago. Lori warned in her review that jaded souls might not enjoy it as much, but dang, I can't say no to Beauty And The Beast. So yeah, I requested a copy.

Seriously. I need help.

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I work on a flex schedule, which means I put in longer days, in order to have every other Friday off. Now that Daylight Savings Time has hit, it's still light out when I get home, which means My Man and I are back on our walking jag. We've been walking around two miles a day, and I've started to incorporate some light weights into the work-out. I'm starting to see some veryminor results, and hope by this summer that the very long days will have paid off.

The problem is that I've been dog-ass tired for the past couple of days. After a 10 hour work day (my lunch, she is unpaid), then the commute home (in So. Cal. traffic thankyouverymuch), then a 2+ mile walk (with weights), then dinner, then a shower, then maybe an hour or two to unwind before bedtime - well, I'm drained. I think my poor internal clock is still trying to adjust.

Hopefully after another week I'll be used to the new schedule.

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Is anyone else watching the new TV show, Justified? As a native Michigander, it's practically my civic duty to at least give it a shot, since the show is based on an Elmore Leonard character. My verdict so far? It's pretty good. I'm not madly in love with it (yet), but it's certainly watchable, and let's face it - there's an inordinate amount of crap on TV these days. Anything halfway decent looking, that's not a "reality" show about some couple who only got a TV deal because they have 467 children, gets at least a passing glance from yours truly.

Oh man! I remember Tapestry! I read it back when I was on my "anything even remotely Phantom Of The Opera-like" kick. I mean, he wears a mask!

Which reminds me of another one. It was a contempory - mid-90s I think. About a female plastic surgeon who's hired for some clinic and the guy who owns it has a scarred face so he watches her secretly. That sound familiar to anyone? SBTB is too swamped for another one of my questions. (I've already got one pending. A really messed up pre-Civil war romance I read as a kid involving a black plantation owner and the white Northern woman who loves him.)

Hmmmmm - I haven't heard of this show. I don't think we get that channel, but hopefully one of the Canadian ones will pick it up as he does look mighty fine in a cowboy hat doesn't he? That appeals to the shallow me.

And as it was quite a number of years ago that I read Tapestry, I do remember that I adored it - and it made me cry. Not many romance books do that.(Cry in a good way though)

Have you read BEAUTY or ROSE DAUGHTER by Robin McKinley? I haven't, but am currently reading her SUNSHINE and even the characters is that books loves the beauty and the beast story, so the author seemed right up your alley!

Kristie: Yeah, I rarely cry over books. The ones that do make me cry tend to stand out.

Lusty: I've heard of Robin McKinley, but alas, haven't read her. I remember at one point I did pick up Beauty from work, but then I got sidetracked, and had to return it without reading it.

Big BIL: Elmore Leonard is incapable of writing "uncool" characters. My Man and I have watched the first two episodes and we're going to stick with it. It's certainly been a promising series so far....